HMS Cavendish (R15)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Cavendish.
HMS Cavendish was one of eight C-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Commissioned in late 1944, she was built as a flotilla leader with additional accommodation for staff officers. The ship was assigned to the Home Fleet in 1945 after working up where she escorted capital ships of the fleet. Cavendish was sold for scrap in 1967.
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Cavendish in 1945 | |
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Name | Cavendish |
Ordered | February 1942 |
Builder | John Brown, Clydebank |
Laid down | 19 May 1943 as Sibyl |
Launched | 12 April 1944 |
Completed | 12 December 1944 |
Commissioned | 28 July 1944 |
Out of service | Paid off on 1 January 1965 |
Renamed | As Cavendish before launch |
Identification | Pennant number: R15 initially, but changed to D15 in 1945 |
Motto | Cavendo tutus: ‘Safe by taking care‘ |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 2 August 1967 |
Badge | On a Field Blue, a ring Gold nowed at the base by a snake Proper. |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | C-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,730 long tons (1,760 t) (standard) |
Length | 362 ft 9 in (110.6 m) o/a |
Beam | 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) |
Draught | 14 ft 6 in (4.4 m) (full load) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines |
Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
Range | 4,675 nautical miles (8,658 km; 5,380 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 222 |
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